by John MacArthur | Sep 12, 2024 | Devotions
Foreseeing False Accusations “‘Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me’” (Matthew 5:11). Faithfulness to Christ will bring enemies of the gospel who will “falsely say all kinds of evil...
by Bradley Hilton | Sep 11, 2024 | Devotions
Words of Encouragement DAILY VERSE Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up. Proverbs 12:25 DEVOTION We can never know what other people are going through. You may be talking about how amazing your job is to someone who’s been unemployed for...
by Dennis Lee | Sep 10, 2024 | Devotions
Good Example or Terrible Warning When reading the story of Ananias and Sapphira, and the judgment that came upon them for their hypocrisy and lying to the Holy Spirit, the ending was not as we would have expected. Today we would have expected mercy to be shown so that...
by David Duncan | Sep 9, 2024 | Devotions
One Piece at a Time The singer Johnny Cash has a humorous song that’s a classic “Country boy outsmarts the establishment” story. According to the song, in 1949 a young man from Kentucky takes a job on an assembly line in Detroit, Michigan building Cadillacs. He is in...
by Alan Kearns | Sep 8, 2024 | Devotions, Grandparenting
A Father’s Counsel (Today is Grandparents Day) As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind…” 1 Chronicles 28:9a (NASB) I remember my father’s advice to me when I was a lad; it was to stand with honour...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 7, 2024 | Devotions
Times Of Trouble Can Turn Out To Be Times Of Great Blessing 2 Corinthians 1:1-2:11 Times of trouble can turn out to be times of great blessing – ‘God… comforts us in all our affliction’(1:3-4). Whether good things or bad things are happening to you, don’t forget...